**Meet the editor**

Alexandre Bosco de Oliveira has a BS degree in Agronomic Engineering (2006) and Secondary Biology Education (2009). He obtained his MS (2008) and PhD (2010) degrees in Agronomy/Crop Science at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Brazil, and has worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Florida (2017), USA. His academic background involves research activ-

ities with seedling production, plant propagation, germination ecophysiology, and physiology of water and salt stress. In 2012, he started his current position as a professor of Agriculture at UFC. Since then, he has been the head of the Crop Physiology Laboratory and coordinates the Ecophysiology of Semiarid Agroecosystems Research Group, advising undergraduate and graduate students. He published 4 books, 20 chapters in books, and 51 articles in specialized scientific journals. He also contributes as a reviewer and an associate editor of relevant scientific journals worldwide.

Contents

**Preface IX**

Carmo

**Section 1 Sustainability and Economics 1**

Chapter 1 **Multi-Analytical Interactions in Support of Sugarcane**

Chapter 2 **Sustainability of Ethanol Sector in Brazil: A**

Karina R.O.V. Souza and Ronaldo Perez

Muqing Zhang and Muralidharan Govindaraju

Chapter 4 **Sugarcane Bagasse Valorization Strategies for Bioethanol and**

Chapter 5 **Competitive Management of Sugarcane Waste and Reduction**

Elias Martinez-Hernandez, Myriam Adela Amezcua-Allieri, Jhuma

**of CO2 Emissions from Harvest Burning in Supply Regions 85** David E. Flores-Jiménez, Marcos Algara-Siller, Noé Aguilar-Rivera, Gregorio Álvarez-Fuentes, Alfredo Ávila-Galarza and Cristóbal

**Multicase Study 29**

Chapter 3 **Sugarcane Production in China 49**

**Energy Production 71**

Aldama-Aguilera

**Section 2 Bionergy and Carbon Sequestration 69**

Sadhukhan and Jorge Aburto Anell

**Agroecosystems Sustainability in Tropical Soils 3**

Braga Brandani, Camila Bolfarini Bento, Andrea Sibila B.

Acacio Aparecido Navarrete, Leonardo Machado Pitombo, Carolina

Escanhoela, Juliana Cristina Ramos, Leticia Pedroso Ramos, Hélio Danilo Quevedo, Caroline Sayuri Nishisaka and Janaina Braga do
